Amitava Chakraborty

Amitava Chakraborty is a Senior Copy Editor at The Indian Express. He is part of the Sunday News Features team and does long-form stories for the section. He tweets @amitavoc

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‘I have come here only for clicking selfies’Subscriber Only

November 18, 2018 00:24 IST

On November 11 and 12, the Delhi Traffic Police prosecuted 53 people for improper parking and towed away 27 vehicles

Sun, Nov 18, 2018

Delhi: Infant’s death shakes a village, but balancing act on pipelines continuesSubscriber Only

November 10, 2018 02:03 IST

Residents of Wazirabad, mostly domestic helps or labourers, have been seeking a foot-overbridge over the nullah for long.

Sat, Nov 10, 2018

‘The students love coming to the library… Often we run out of books’Subscriber Only

October 28, 2018 00:56 IST

Last week, Delhi Deputy Chief Minister inaugurated libraries in 100 government primary schools, in “an effort to develop literacy skills, reading habits among children”.

Sun, Oct 28, 2018

Interpreters, dictionary part of plan to strengthen Indian Sign LanguageSubscriber Only

October 22, 2018 01:42 IST

Dr Abhishek Kumar Srivastava, who has been teaching Sign Linguistics for more than 10 years, including at the centre, describes the difference between Indian Sign Language and sign languages of other nations as stark, like “between Hindi and Greek”.

Mon, Oct 22, 2018

Take 5: ‘You put heritage tag on my home… at least ask me’Subscriber Only

October 07, 2018 00:26 IST

On September 22, at a workshop organised by the North Delhi Municipal Corporation and the Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage, haveli owners in Old Delhi expressed their concerns over the ‘heritage’ tag accorded to their properties. Hasan, who owns a three-storey haveli in Chawdi Bazar, says owners only stand to lose due to the heritage tag.

Sun, Oct 07, 2018

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‘We are in talks with firms in Germany, Netherlands… will buy the best machine’: Delhi Gurdwara Committee Chief AdvisorSubscriber Only

August 26, 2018 00:23 IST

Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee is importing a new computerised machine worth about Rs 8 crore for printing Guru Granth Sahib. The move comes at a time when Punjab is planning to strengthen an anti-blasphemy law to cover any ‘sacrilege’ of the holy book.

Sun, Aug 26, 2018

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Our mantra should be ‘produced by China, made in India’: Amitabh KantSubscriber Only

June 19, 2018 00:43 IST

Kant added that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping have set the direction for bilateral ties and now, it is up to the people and companies of both the nations to take it forward.

Tue, Jun 19, 2018

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The rise and reach of Boko Haram as it continues to kill and kidnapSubscriber Only

April 17, 2018 00:39 IST

Although the Boko Haram frequently staged armed attacks and bombings since it came into being, it wasn’t until 2009 that the international community took notice of the outfit.

Tue, Apr 17, 2018

Echo chambers do not polarise or split society: new researchSubscriber Only

March 13, 2018 01:30 IST

The study inferred that only 8% of respondents, who had media diversity scores of 10 or less (out of a possible 48), were part of an echo chamber.

Tue, Mar 13, 2018